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For the week of March 10, 2023, here’s what we’re reading:
- General Dynamics NASSCO makes steps into offshore wind
- Kratos awarded $49.6M target drone contract from US Navy
- Ionis Pharmaceuticals expands in Carlsbad, Oceanside
- San Diego’s Q4 2022 Economic Snapshot
- SDG&E’s local spend totaled $2.4B in 2022, 40% with diverse businesses
- UCSD to advance stem cell science in space
- Northrop Grumman part of consortium for US Air Force digital engineering
- Nucleus Biologics, Stoic Bio enter supply agreement with Center for Breakthrough Medicines
- Genentech kicks off $450M in improvements, adds 150 new jobs
…and here are some events and opportunities:
- Mar 16–San Diego Regional EDC, Cascade Energy
Webinar: Strategic Energy Management Program - Deadline: May 18 – WTCSD
Apply: MetroConnect export accelerator program - Mar 18 – Curebound
Padres Pedal the Cause - Apr 12–City of San Diego
Vendor Opportunity: San Diego Promise Zone, a Youth-Led Career Expo
A talent programs update
While companies continue to cut costs and make layoffs in the wake of a highly anticipated recession, the nation’s ratio of available workers to open positions remains less than one-to-one. This means that there are more open positions across the United States than unemployed people available to fill them. It’s time for San Diego to rethink talent pipeline development.